Stories
Gujarat’s teak plantations are often described through their trees, timber value, and contribution to forest cover. Yet beneath the broad leaves of Tectona…
Gujarat is expanding the idea of forest conservation beyond reserve boundaries and protected landscapes. Agroforestry—growing trees alongside crops, fodder,…
Fire is a recurring ecological force in several dry forest landscapes of Gujarat. During the hot, rainless months, leaf litter, dry grasses, fallen branches,…
Gujarat’s rivers, wetlands, reservoirs, canals, and village ponds provide important habitat for the mugger crocodile, also known as the marsh crocodile. These…
The rusty-spotted cat is one of India’s smallest wild felids, yet its feeding ecology reveals much about the health of Gujarat’s dry forests and grassland…
Sacred groves are small or extensive patches of vegetation protected by religious belief, customary law, and community memory. Across Gujarat, these places may…
Vultures are among the most efficient recyclers in nature. By consuming animal carcasses quickly, they return nutrients to soil, limit the spread of harmful…
Gujarat’s coastline stretches across the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Kutch, the Gulf of Khambhat, mudflats, sandy beaches, salt marshes, mangroves, and offshore…
When the first monsoon showers reach Gujarat, dry streambeds, shallow depressions, village ponds, and forest pools quickly become breeding places for frogs and…
Gujarat’s forests are surrounded by farms, grazing lands, villages, roads, reservoirs, and growing towns. These boundaries, known as forest edges or ecotones,…